Installation

Alternative howtos (if you want to write an howto, always refer to this site since things might change, please state that out explicitly at the beginning too!) Note: The firmware installation became easier now, these links aren't uptodate yet. Feel free to contact the writers of outdated howtos.

Following devices might need firmware.tgz (if analogue doesn't work out try firmware_v2.tgz or firmware_v3.tgz and please report it to me (<mrechberger_at_gmail.com>). It's very likely that some of these devices require firmware_v3 to get audio work):

The firmware is a piece of software which is needed by your device and gets uploaded by the linux driver, it's not stored on the device itself so you won't change the behavior of that device in Windows.

The linux kernel sources for your kernel. 2.6.15+ kernels are well tested, everything below might cause problems with the usbaudio support. Install sources for you current kernel with this command:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` linux-source

Check out the source code (do not use the web frontend for downloading the repository):

Stable:

$ hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb

Build the source:

$ cd v4l-dvb
$ make
$ sudo make install

Before posting any error messages, reboot your machine here.

Now load the drivers:

$ sudo modprobe em28xx

To verify that your setup was correct you might compare your dmesg output with ones on following wiki site: http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Em2880/dmesgIf you device isn't listed there please help to complete the list and add your device there too.

Scanning for channels for xine (dvbscan is called scan in Debian) (replace de-Muenchen with your frequency file)